Mild to moderate hypersensitivity reactions to beta-lactams in children: a single-centre retrospective review

• Main Authors: Leticia Vila (Author), Vanesa Garcia (Author), Oihana Martinez Azcona (Author), Loreley Pineiro (Author), Angela Meijide (Author), Vanesa Balboa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective Beta-lactam (BL) antibiotics are the most reported drugs in hypersensitivity reactions in children. More than 90% of these children tolerate the suspected drug after diagnostic work-up. Skin tests (STs) show low sensitivity. Our aim was to assess the performance of drug provocation tests (...